Surf-Connection is a small locally run Huntington Beach enterprise which does not have to answer to the corporate giants of the surfing industry!

We get to make our own rules and offer our locally made products and services our customers are looking for and need.

Our purpose:  To provide a surf connection for people who surf!  We are especially suited for those learning or thinking about learning how to surf the waves rolling in to the beaches of the O.C!  

"The surfing culture is as diverse as the stars in the universe.  We do not pretend to be all things to all people.  We are a family of surfers who live and enjoy the surfing lifestyle and the endless pursuit of the perfect ride!"

Tim O'Toole Copyright "All Rights Reserved"

Surf-Connection Credo

Tread lightly, toss one back to the community from which your come and where you surf!

• Extend your hand in friendship never in want

• Respect the differences of those you come across in your travels

• Guide those who follow or are in need of direction

• Don't "saw off" your fellow surfers surfing a good wave!

Tim O'Toole - Owner
Surf-Connection of  Huntington Beach

ABOUT the Owner

I began surfing in 1970 and began surfing seriously in 1976.  In college I was on the men's swim team swimming the 500 yd, 1000 yd and 1650 yd freestyle events and also played on the men's water polo team.  I graduated from the University of San Diego in 1988 and entered the real estate business world to support my chemical dependency,(Surfing.) 

Swimming and playing water polo gave me immeasurable courage to surf in large surf so that is what I sought out to do.  I competed in NSSA, WSA and some local contests with a wide range of results.  At 18 years old, I became a lifeguard, and Water Safety Instructor and went on and obtained my EMT-I certification.

My to favorite things to do besides traveling and looking for waves are making rescues and teaching surfing to eager people who share the desire to learn how to surf and read the ocean.

6'-4" Swallow-Tail bought by my parents at Carl's Bait & Tackle in Seal Beach for $35.00

This surfboard was a POS made in some nincompoops backyard.  I did not care I was out in the surf on my own surfboard.  The hot coat on this board was so brittle my friends named it the "Potato Chip."